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Photojournalist in Chicago. Staff Visual Journalist with @Suntimes send tips and hate at tlariviere@suntimes.com

Oct 1, 2020, 16 tweets

Small gathering of people at Roosevelt and Columbus. People are demanding that the charges against Jeremy "Mohawk" Johnson are dropped. Johnson allegedly struck a police officer with a skateboard. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

The group is about 50 strong are going over some chants and will be marching pretty soon. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

People are moving westbound on Roosevelt police and protest marshals are helping block traffic. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

Now marching northbound on Wabash chanting "Breonna Taylor". #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

A police supervisor tried talking with the organizer telling them this isnt a sanctioned protest and that they had to go to the sidewalk and bikes ans scooters had to be in the bikelanes. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

Crossed over 9th and are on State St. heading north. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

Now heading west on Polk near Plymouth. Protest is still relatively small at around 50 individuals. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

Heading north on Plymouth CT. Chanting "Taking it to the streets fuck the police" #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

The amount of police watching over this protest has grown from a handful of bike mounted officers, to almost 2 dozen bikes and a handful of patrol vehicles in the back. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

A man on a Divvy was yelling at protesters telling them "to go back to their hood" and to "get the fuck out of my neighborhood".

A police supervisor told him to get the fuck out of here and to "put a fucking muzzle" on his dog. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

Group is now marching past Federal Plaza. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

Continuing northbound on Dearborn chanting "Out of your house...into the streets" #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

The protest has made it to their destination of Daley Plaza. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

They plan to hold space here at Daley Plaza and holding a small rally. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

For those interested in the video of the man yelling at protesters earlier...yes he was wearing a Tigers hat. #Chicago #ChicagoProtests

PHOTOS: Around 50 people marched through Chicago's downtown Loop area demanding that charge against Jeremy "Mohawk" Johnson are dropped.

Jeremy allegedly struck a police officer with a skateboard in a protest in August.

#Chicago #ChicagoProtests

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